Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
Agency 15. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries |
Chapter 30. Definitions and Miscellaneous: Importation, Possession, Sale, Etc., of Animals |
Section 10. Possession, importation, sale, etc., of wild animals
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Under the authority of §§ 29.1-103 and 29.1-521 of the Code of Virginia it shall be unlawful to take, possess, conduct research, import, cause to be imported, export, cause to be exported, buy, sell, offer for sale, or liberate within the Commonwealth any wild animal unless otherwise specifically permitted by law or regulation. Unless otherwise stated, for the purposes of identifying species regulated by the board, when both the scientific and common names are listed, the scientific reference to genus and species will take precedence over common names.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR325-01-2 § 1, eff. July 15, 1992; amended, Volume 11, Issue 05, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 11, Issue 09, eff. February 22, 1995; Volume 31, Issue 09, eff. January 1, 2015.